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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
When Visiting Nav York.

Stop at the newly opened and central
ly located Sturtevant house, Broadway
and Twenty ninth Street. Largely re,
built; entirely refurnished, new plumbing
new elevator etc. Perfect cuisine; mod,
crate prices; convenient to all the eleva-
ted railroad stations, Matthews & Pier
son, proprietors.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

We have been selling your CHticHrd Remedies
for years, and have the first compla mt yet to re-
ceiVe from purchaser. One OF the worst cases of
scrofHa ever saw was cured by the use of five
bottles Of Caticura Resident, CHticurd and CUT
c"rg Sodp, The soap takes the cake" here as a
medicinal soap. TAYLOR & TAYLOR,
DrnCgisis, Frank fort Kan
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

We have obtained sa isfactory results from the
Use Of Cu'icura Remedies in our own family. and
recommend them beyond any other remedies for
diseases OF the ssin and blood. The demand for
them grows as their merits become known
MACMILLAN & Co., druggists. Latrobe Pa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
HOSFORD,S ACID PHOSPRITE

IN GENERAL NERVOUS PRosTRATIoN.
DR. A. G. Bissell, Detroit, Mich. saws:
Il have used it in a severe case of gen,
eral nervous prostration, and am very
much pleased with the result. | shall
prescribe it hereafter in similar cases with
a great deal of confidence"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Peculiar in medicinal merit and won :
derful cures-Hood's Sarsaparilla. Now
is the time to take it, for now it will do
the most good
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Eastport, Antrim county, Mich, is a
remarkable little town in some respects,
1t has not lawyer, doctor, preacher or
saloon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
Mrs. EMMA GRIFFITHs.
Unitia, Tenn, March 2, 1886.
W. BIB City, Ark, Blood.
w VI NFNNIN 2 II n I
Webb City, Ark, May 8, 1885.

All who desire full information about
the cause and cure of Blood Poisons,
Scrofula ani Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers,
Sores, rheumatism, Kidney Complaint
Catarrh. etc, can secure by mail. free, a
copy Of our SO page Illustrated Book of
Wonders. filled with the most wonderful
and startling proof ever before known
Address, Blood Balm Co,
Atlanta. Ga
For sale by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

are sold everywhere. Price: Cut cura the great
skin cure, - cents; Cuticura Soap. an exquisite
heautifer, % cents; Cuticur Resolvent the new
biond purifier. 81 Potter Drug d. Chemical Co.,
Boston.
pInPLEs, Blaokhesds, Skin Blemish and
] I'M Bah, Hum re-, use CuTIcuRA soar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

and contagious humors, with loss Of hair and
eruptions OF the skin, are positively cured by Gu
IchrG and CHticnra Soap externally and CuficUrd
Resolgent internally when all other medicines
fail. Send for pamphlet
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

I AIDES wanted to get up Tea Clubs for onr
LPure Teas And Coffees. host OF u-efnl srti-
ces to select from as premiums. Send for Illus
trated Pr ice and Premium L'st. SPECIAL OFFER:
to every TENTH person that answers this adver-
flsement; we will send FREE one pound of choice
Tea. Address
NATL TEA AND COFFEE co.
jan f0-dw2m Boston Mass
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
For sale bv T. II. Thomas

There are great many p's in pepper,
bat not half so many as there are in cof
fee Burlington Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
a GA r ID.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness. carly
decay, loss OF manhood. &c, will send a recipe
that Will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE This great
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a scli-addressed envelope to the
REV. JoSEPd T. TNMAN. Station D. 1Neto York City.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Senator Aldrich, Of Rhode Island, sent
Senator Joe Hawley, of Connecticut. a
turkey weighing twenty pounds the
other day.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

The refusal of the Beechers to use
Grape or to wear any ''heathenish" black
may have its effect on society mourning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Queen Victoria has promised to knight
twenty-five Canadian mayors in honor of
her Jubilee.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Secretary Whitney and Senators Cam
eron and Butler have become so intimate
as to be known as 'three Of kind"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

PRESoRtPrpN+
by
a nH Heuthst ,Rok Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

In most polite society. says Boston
paper the Italian style of penmanship is
Indispensable.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

Invitations to New York christening
were sent out last week engraved on solid
silver cards
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
on THE MISSISSIPPI.
TIMES WHENG UERRIlLAS MADE LIFE
UNPLEASANT ON STEAMERS,

Confederate Fartisans Fishing for Fed
Under Fire-How the Robbery of a
Widow Was Peremptorily stopped.
One of the amusements of the period was
to take a run on a steamer up to Cairo. 1t
was generally an exciting amusement. The
banks We're haunted by guerrillas, who some
times carried with them a six pound gun,
and who quite often made life on the steamer
unpleasant. They were skillfui fishermen,
these guerrillas; they angled for Federals, and
they employed the most tempting bait One
of the forms of bait used was cotton. A
boat pushing along the stream would spy a
half dozen or dozen bales of cotton piled on
the bank, and would at once steer for it with
view of buying it if there was an owner, or
cribbing or "confscating" it if nobody was
in the vicinity. The steamer would run
alongside, throw out the gangplank, and get
ready to tie up to some tree, when there
would suddenly be heard shril yells, vol.
ley of mus ketry would follow, and a whoop-
ing crowd of butteInuts would board the
boat. Ego through the safe and the passen-
gers, take everything valuable and portable,
and then decamp.
Many Yankee gudgeon bit at this cotton
bait, and was hooked beyond rescue. In time
the cotton hunter grew more cautious. He
edged very gingerly toward the tempting dis
play; he came up, just touching the nose of
the boat to the landing without throwing
out the gangplank, so as to be ready to sheer
off at the slightest sign of danger. One has
often seen wary trout thus approach a
tempting worm ready to turn tail and scud
away in case of anything suspicious or the
sign of hook in the appetizing appearance.
There were bends in the river where the gler-
rillas could lie concealed until the boat was
within close gunshot, and were able to send
in half dozen volleys before the imperiled
craft could get out of range One day, be
tween Memphis and Cairo, the Hillman was
proceeding leisurely up the river without any
suspicion of danger. A passenger was seated
in the BARRIERS chair being shaved, when a
cannon suddenly opened on the boat. The
first ball killed the barber and passed on
without in the least interfering with the Gus
TONER
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
sTIFF JOINTS.
MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF sCRoFULl

MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF sCR0FULA
AND RHEUMATISM.
I have little boy twelve years old
whose knees have been drawn almost
double and his joints are perfectly stiff,
and has been in this condition for three
years, unable to walk. During that time
the medical board of Loudon county ex-
amined him and pronounced the disease
scrofula and prescribed but no benefit
ever derived. then used a much adver,
tised preparation without benefit Three
weeks ago he became perfectly helpless
and suffered dreadfully.
A friend who had used B. B. B. ad,
vised its use. He has used one bottle
and all pain has ceased and he can now
walk. This has been pronounced a most
wonderful action, as his complaint had
baffled everything. shall continue to
use it on him.
MRS. EMMA GRIFFITHs.
Unitia, Tenn, March 2, 1886.
W.bb City, Ark, Blood.
Having tested B. B. B. and found it to
be all that is claimed for it, commend it
to any and every one suffering from blood
poison. 1t has done me more good for
less money and in shorter space of
time than any blood purifier ever used.
| owe the comfort of my life TO its use,
for have been troubled with a severe
form of blood poison for five or six years
and found no relief equal to that given
by the use of B. B. B.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED
TO be 20 to 30 per cent cheaper at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE

Than any other Drug store Western Illinois Not
Medicines but on all Standard Drugs Fancy and
artc Readth Gu utrates:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

The captain of the company tried his best
TO restrain the men, but, while well inten.
toned, he was weak He was from the same
locality MS his men, and many of them called
him by his first name instead of his title, and
apparently had no respect for him.
The officers of the boat offered such obiec.
tions as they dared, and the old lady stormed,
wept, avowed her Union sentiments, and as.
serted that this fact and that she had fou1
sons in the Union army should protect her
from ruin by the northern men 1t was all
useless. The men laughed at her, and scoffed
at the claim that she was a Union woman.
The boat was about to cast off the lines, and
the old lady was reluctantly being forced
down the gangplank, when suddenly cleaI
voice was heard above the clamor:
"Captain, form your men in lineln
The voice was clear, penetrating, and filled
with imperative suggestions There was. a
quick cessation of tho uproar. Everybody
turned to look on the speaker. He was o
slender man in citizens clothing, stranger
whom nobody knew, of commanding appear
ance, and stern face, whose firm lips and
deep, flashing eyes showed intense earnest
hess.
-faIi ln- menl came from the captain after
he had glanced at the stranger. The men did
so at once, and then all looked at the stern
civilian.
4COnsider your company under arrest. sir
Let every article taken from that woman be
returned without an instant's delayl'
The soldiers hesitated single moment.
Quick march, there nowl" rang out from
the civilian, with an impatient stamp of the
loot, as he noticed the hesitation. At once
the men moved out, and ashore, deposited
their plunder, and sneaked back sheepishly ON
the boat
who are you!" asked the captain, as tn.
boat backed away from the landing.
81 am Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, was the
answer, @and your command shall remain
under arrest till they are given an officer who
can control theml'-"Poliuto' in Chicago
Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30
PASSENGERS UNDER FIRE.

On such occasions there was little to be
obtained in the shape of provision for safety
Everything about steamer was so frail that
in place of being protection the upper struct-
ure really added to the danger from the flying
splinters About the only thing available
was to lie fiat on the floor with the head or
feet toward the direction of fire SO as to ex-
pose the smallest possible portion of the form
to the missiles of the guns. While lying there
the roar of the artillery, the yells of the Con-
federates, the crash of the shot through tho
woodwork, the noise of tearing timber, the
momentary expectation of being skewered BY
a long splinter or being bored through longi-
tudinally with a round shot, were anything
but pleasant 1t seemed to the passenger
huSging the floor and trying to make him
self into compass not larger than q knitting
needle that the boat was an eternity in getting
away from the locality. 1t was time when
the swiftest boat on the river apparently
made no better time than that of the slowest
of sIlails
Boats plying on the river were subject to
visitation at every wood yard The officers
expected these visits and prepared for them.
They would leave few hundred dollars in
the safe for show, and the remainder of the
money they would hide in the mattresses.
When boarded by guerrillas they would open
the safe after little persuasion, and the
robbers would take the cash contents, satisfied
that they had secured all the available plum
der. Many of the boats were captained by
COnfederates, fact which was known to the
bushwhackers. with the result that such boats
were not disturbed or were occasionally halted
and searched as matter of show for the bene-
fit of the galleries.
| recall one instance in which the robbery
was on the other side. The Platte Valley
was conveying company of new troops
down the river when, at point between
Cairo and Memphis, the boat made a landing
to get some wood. There lived in little log
house at the point widow with four sons,
all of whom were in the Union army, with the
entire sympathy of the mother The valorous
recruits swarmed ashore and "went through"
the premises of the old lady in a brief time
Every chicken, egg, bit of meat, everything
edible, including pigs and calves and any
thing and everything in the house which
attracted the fancy of the raiders, and which
could be eaten or sent home as trophy, was
cobbled I'D and carried on the boat
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
THE LAMAR RESIDENCE.

by no means conspicuous, 1t is pleasant
and inviting, and inside it is especially
attractive. The building was until 4
short time ago a plain, o!d-tashioned
residence, with diugy brick front like the
one adjoining it, and great, square win
dows with cumbersome green blinds.
But it has been thoroughly renovated
outside and in, and 1t is now as cosy q
modern residence as there is on the
street. It is two stories high besides the
attic and basement, with high steps lead
ing into the hall, and fine bay window
on the left, running the full length of the
house and terminating at the roof in a
small ornamental tower, which did much
to modernize the house. The sloping
roof is covered with French tiles painted
red, as is also partly the bay window and
tower.
Entering the front door, passing
through the vestibule, and turning to the
left, you pull back the rich portere, and
go into the reception room and paFl9Fs.
The rooms are handsomely, though not
ostentatiously furnished and the Or
naments are both interesting and elegant
There are hundreds Of houses If WASH
ineton more beautifully furnished, but
lew are IN OGilST tdSlSJ anu IShSI slfI
have its air of elegant comfort and re-
tinement. Bright water colors, pictures
in black and white ard few paintings,
many of them the work of Mrs. Lamar,
Jr., hang on the walls. All
about are scattered the thousand
and one little things: that can be
made at home by the ladies, and no
doubt every little ornament and bit of
canvass has its little history, for very few
of them have ever seen the inside OF q
factory. In the rear of the parlors is Sec
rotary Lamar's library, if so 1t might be
called. 1t is the room of q student; q
man who is not only a student of current
affairs, but classical scholar and poet
es 1nsiiE There are no magnificent book
lied with richly bound volumes
Ne not taken down once year,
Itch are as clean and new as when
Game from the BINDERS hands.
volume on the plain wooden
yes is well thumbed, and the dog
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30

Produce and Provisions


KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 29-Wheat steady
No. red cash, tic bid: Fl bruaTy &c bid
MAY, &c bid Corn weak; No cash, 800
asked February, 3Ol5c bid; May, SAC bid. Oats
nominal; IS bid May.
NEW YORK. Jan 2s.-Coffee-Fair; Rio dul
at l4zSc; options steady, noderet ly active
sales - ,50E blgs; Febr airy Sl3 O5; Marcel
Sl3 90; April Sl2 95dl3 90; May SD 95Gl 90
June Sl2 % a l3 90; Julv $l3 00dlS 10; angus
SI3 O5; September Sl3 Goals 10. Sugar quiet
refined quiet.
ST. LOUIS, $40 Jan Flour-Quiet; better
grades easy medium grades firm Wheat active
firm and higher, opened firm and ruled abou
STEADY urinG the g"Rter part Of the session
d.y; No. . red ash sic; February S sc; Marcel
S294 May $50 ESQ., sea S65i, closing at $50 a
S57sc Corn dull but firm l5sc higher; No. .
mixed, cash S+sic; February 335s a BE. closing
34c March 5a35is closing at 3'1s;; May 81 !,
ASH, closing ct 37bc. oats dun and cas-
20 mixed cash y &c February p &C May 295sc
Corn meal easy at s. 90 whisky steady a
ST 70 Wool steady medium 2l025sc; coarse
braid l6G2I"; low sandy 1913; fine Ign
lSG25c; heavy Halle. Provisions &C I've anG
firm Pc Sl2 10 Lard So 40. Bulk meat!
ribs ST AZ; short clea- So 50; boxed lots very
strong; loag c' ar, S6 40, short ribs Sc 50; shOr
clear SIS 62I& Bacon Long clear 81 90. shor
ribs 81 l5G7 % short clear s. 371z. Hams firm
a: SO 50dl2 SO
CHICAGO. ILL, Jan. 2g-Wheat only moder
ately traded in; Texas values kept within ar
row range and closed about yesterdays prizes
Cables o further decline In rentes caused ;
slightly stronger feeling in May wheat opened
&c higher at S35Sc, advanced to 81 &c On, fai
huyin. but il back steadily to 3As und
free offerings, and rested for the day at tht
closing figures yesterday The corn mar e
was again very s ow, with veri
little speculative trading, prices developing
~ little chance. Provisions firm and quiet
prices show NJ practically no change from
t ose Of yesterday The lesding futures CLOSED
IL. u at,rf1a
IKE: March &c; May $50 Corn JannarJ
35i4 c: February IS &c; March 35hc; Nav 4Gs.sS
Mess pork Ja"ury 81 20; February So % e
March Sl2 57}<; May Sl2 o. Lard :
January Sc 42ls; February Sc AZ; March S. SO
May S. 50. Cash quotation were as followa
Flour quiet snd changed; wheat 717il
IKE; corn S5lzc, pork 5 sra u So, lats
er 100 Sc 42%d6 A.; short ribs sides, loase
Sc 3596 BIZ; dry sailed shoulders, based
50 so short clear sides. hoxed, 50 7Os
. IS; whisky, 81 Is. ossSsss,s.-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
Live Stock Markets.

KANSAS CITY Mo, Jan. % Cattls-Receipts
7OO; shipments ne; shipping grades lc
lower; butchers Steers &c lover; COWS STEADY :;
< Cd to choice ippi 81 00S+ 30; common to
medium s. 40 so; sfockers s. 6Oa3 so, feeding
steers 81 lGG3 81: COWS 81 so, 3 90 Ho2s-Re-
,eiuts $40; shipments 1909; about 81 35d4 50
Sheep Receipts none shipments none; st ady
Coo1 t. choice s. Cga3 Sc; co.-mon to medium
g OOG2 go
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. % -CaltIe-Receipts
loco; shipments 100; market dull; choice
heavy native steers 81 5564 81; faiE to good
shipping steers g I5a4 80; butelers' steers. tar
to choice, So coat 10; feeders, fair to good,
81 sjG3 co; stockefs, fir TO good = 1905 co;
Texans, common 10 cnoiee 81 55G3 60 Hogs
Receipts 500; shipments $500; ma ket active
and steady at s. 00d5 10. Sheep-Receipts 400;
shipments 500; strong; comm n to fair - 6OG
IS metium to fancy s. S0a49O
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan 29-Cattle - Reeeiftz
1000: shipments 4O9: market slow and weak ;
shipping ST. ers s. 4065 90; stockers and feed
ers 81 5OG3 30; cows, bulls and mixed, 81 5Oe
50; bulk 81 1913 90 Hogs-Receipts lSyQ;
shipments 5000; market steady at s. SOs5 o55s,
Sheep-Receiuts, 1000; market steady; native
s. 75a4 80; western s. 4Oe4 60; Texans g sea
90; lambs, 81 GOAT 60. ss-za
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
ears at the corners speak plsiner than
words Of the service they have seen.

ears at the corners speak plainer than
words Of the service they have seen.
There are books on the shelves which
the Secretary studied when he was boy
at school, books of reference used when
he was editor of the Southern Review in
ante-bellum days; volume Of Homer
that was carried in his pocket during the
war: the little library he collected w3en
he was professor at Oxford University,
and innumerable volumes bought from
time to time as he needed them. The
collection is varied one and no system
is used in their arrangement. Novels lay
beside law books, poems touch covers
with WORKS on philosophy and odd num-
bers of current magazines are thrown
careiessly alongside huge volumes of gov
ernmenttIeports.
The man who sits in this library and
reads and studies, often farlnto the night,
is by no means an ordinary looking one.
In appearance Secretary Lamar is type
Of the southern planter Of the past. Tall,
well formed, loose j0inted, with flowing
hair, he is typical representative OF the
old time southern statesman, and relic
of the old regime of politics and society
at the national capital. He is q Georgian
by birth and education, but he is by no
means provincial in his ideas, for ,he has
been great traveller apd his mind is
broadened by travel and contact with the
best minds in American politics. From
adjunct professor of mathematics at the
University of the State, he became assist
ant editor Of the Southern Review, which
did more to prepare the southern mind
for the wsr thsn any other single infiu-
ence. Just on the eve of the great civil
convulsion, at the beginning of President
Buchanan's term, he was a con-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
YOUTHFUL THIEVES.
a Well Organized Band OF Horse an

a Well Organized Band OF Horse and
Sleigh Thieves Broken Up ut the Hub.
Boston, MASS, Jan. ga gang of
juvenile horse thieves, which has been
stealing horses and sleighs from this
neighborhood, was broken up by the po-
lice yesterday, Two OF the gang have
been arrested, and the other two have es-
capped with the stolen horses and sleighs.
The gang was organized about the lst Of
the month and since that time has stolen
upward Of S2500 worth of property. The
horses and sleighs stolen were taken to q
stable on Windsor street which
the thieves hired for the pur-
pose of keeping their stolen
property in until it was sold. The opera
lions Of the gang were so bold that the
police supposed the work was done by
professionals. In several cases the lads
broke into stables and stole horses and
sleighs, but generally they drove off g
horse which they found on the streets.
The police were informed few days ago
Of the boys' action, and upon making an
investigation discovered that they were
the parties for whom they had been look
ing. George D. Peas, seventeen years
old, one OF the gang, whose brother was
recently sent TO prison for burglary,
was arrested late Thursday evening. He
at first denied knowing anything about
the horses and sleighs, but after being
locked up a short time he made a full
confession. The officers yesterday morn
ing arrested another of the gang named
Winslow A Winslow, aged sixteen. Ed
ward f. Carl, twenty years old, leader Of
the gang, and James Sullivan, fourteen
years old, learned in some way OF the
arrest of their companions and left the
city, taking with them the horses and
sleighs stolen by the gang. 1t is sup
posed they have gone to Canada to dis
pose of the property.